BUCK, Pearl S.

£400 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Water-Buffalo Children. First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For Jackie, with affection and good wishes, Pearl S. Buck". This work, uncommonly found inscribed, aimed to introduce American children to the China that Buck had long known and loved.Further information on the recipient has unfortunately proved elusive.

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